All Programs menu button stopped working

My All Programs button on the XP Start menu doesn't work at all. Also, I cannot get right click context menu to appear for this button or the Start button. If I switch to Classic menu, All Programs works but if I use the Taskbar control panel and select Customized, then Advanced, an explorer window opens showing my ...

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My All Programs button on the XP Start menu doesn't work at all. Also, I cannot get right click context menu to appear for this button or the Start button.
 
If I switch to Classic menu, All Programs works but if I use the Taskbar control panel and select Customized, then Advanced, an explorer window opens showing my C: drive, not the Start Menu folder like before. Also, I cannot drag and drop programs to the menu like before.
 
Here are contents of various shellex reg settings I've seen mentioned in other posts as a possible problem area:
 
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AllFilesystemObjects\shellex]
 
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AllFilesystemObjects\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers]
 
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AllFilesystemObjects\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\Send To]
@="{7BA4C740-9E81-11CF-99D3-00AA004AE837}"
 
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shellex]
 
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers]
 
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\EncryptionMenu]
@="{A470F8CF-A1E8-4f65-8335-227475AA5C46}"
 
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\Offline Files]
@="{750fdf0e-2a26-11d1-a3ea-080036587f03}"
 
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\Sharing]
@="{f81e9010-6ea4-11ce-a7ff-00aa003ca9f6}"
 
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\WinZip]
@="{E0D79304-84BE-11CE-9641-444553540000}"
 
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shellex\CopyHookHandlers]
 
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shellex\CopyHookHandlers\CDF]
@="{67EA19A0-CCEF-11d0-8024-00C04FD75D13}"
 
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shellex\CopyHookHandlers\FileSystem]
@="{217FC9C0-3AEA-1069-A2DB-08002B30309D}"
 
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shellex\CopyHookHandlers\MyDocuments]
@="{ECF03A33-103D-11d2-854D-006008059367}"
 
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shellex\CopyHookHandlers\Sharing]
@="{40dd6e20-7c17-11ce-a804-00aa003ca9f6}"
 
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shellex\DragDropHandlers]
 
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shellex\DragDropHandlers\WinZip]
@="{E0D79305-84BE-11CE-9641-444553540000}"
 
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shellex\PropertySheetHandlers]
 
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shellex\PropertySheetHandlers\Sharing]
@="{f81e9010-6ea4-11ce-a7ff-00aa003ca9f6}"
 
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shellex\PropertySheetHandlers\{1F2E5C40-9550-11CE-99D2-00AA006E086C}]
 
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shellex\PropertySheetHandlers\{ECCDF543-45CC-11CE-B9BF-0080C87CDBA6}]
 
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shellex\PropertySheetHandlers\{ef43ecfe-2ab9-4632-bf21-58909dd177f0}]
@=""
 
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shellex]
 
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shellex\ColumnHandlers]
 
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shellex\ColumnHandlers\{0D2E74C4-3C34-11d2-A27E-00C04FC30871}]
@=""
 
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shellex\ColumnHandlers\{24F14F01-7B1C-11d1-838f-0000F80461CF}]
@=""
 
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shellex\ColumnHandlers\{24F14F02-7B1C-11d1-838f-0000F80461CF}]
@=""
 
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shellex\ColumnHandlers\{66742402-F9B9-11D1-A202-0000F81FEDEE}]
@=""
 
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers]
 
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\BriefcaseMenu]
@="{85BBD920-42A0-1069-A2E4-08002B30309D}"
 
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\LDVPMenu]
@="{BDA77241-42F6-11d0-85E2-00AA001FE28C}"
 
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\WinZip]
@="{E0D79304-84BE-11CE-9641-444553540000}"
 
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shellex\DragDropHandlers]
 
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shellex\DragDropHandlers\WinZip]
@="{E0D79305-84BE-11CE-9641-444553540000}"
 
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shellex\DragDropHandlers\{BD472F60-27FA-11cf-B8B4-444553540000}]
@=""
 
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shellex\PropertySheetHandlers]
 
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shellex\PropertySheetHandlers\BriefcasePage]
@="{85BBD920-42A0-1069-A2E4-08002B30309D}"
 
This happened after our IRM folks upgraded computers to Active Directory and copied my old "profile" to a new one, then deleted the old "profile".
 
 
 
 

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